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Let's go ahead and discuss the FG kicker(s)
Posted on 8/9/17 at 7:52 am
Posted on 8/9/17 at 7:52 am
I don't know much about what's going on with the placekicking, but it seems like it's probably not good.
Can anyone fill me in?
Can anyone fill me in?
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Posted on 8/9/17 at 7:59 am to Eli Goldfinger
Could be wrong, but it sounds like it's either the new kid Bulovas or JK Scott.
Posted on 8/9/17 at 8:19 am to SummerOfGeorge
Kick field goals inside the redzone, go for it between the 20-40, punt it any futher back.
Posted on 8/9/17 at 8:43 am to Eli Goldfinger
The Bulovas (sp?) kid coming in is supposed to have a cannon for a leg and be very good. But, he's a kicker and will be a freshman, so who knows?
Posted on 8/9/17 at 8:56 am to Eli Goldfinger
I expect a platoon like 2011. One guy will be the kicker 35 and in, the other 35 and out.
It keeps me up at night
It keeps me up at night
Posted on 8/9/17 at 9:26 am to Riseupfromtherubble
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It keeps me up at night
How did things get to this point?
Posted on 8/9/17 at 9:49 am to Eli Goldfinger
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How did things get to this point?
Bobby Williams.
Posted on 8/9/17 at 11:11 am to Cobrasize
The kid from OM is fine for extra points. He just has a weak leg. The mid to long range stuff will come down to how good this freshman is. If he isn't awesome Scott can handle it and probably do about as well as Griff did during his career. So, I don't see it being a big drop off from what we've had, honestly.
This post was edited on 8/9/17 at 11:48 am
Posted on 8/9/17 at 11:20 am to tider04
Damn you eddy pineiro! 
Posted on 8/9/17 at 11:59 am to Eli Goldfinger
Still trying to figure out why we didn't give multiple Dodge Chargers to Carlson's little brother.
Amazing how AU reloads at that position.
Amazing how AU reloads at that position.
Posted on 8/9/17 at 12:30 pm to Eli Goldfinger
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Let's go ahead and discuss the FG kicker(s)
Aaaah my head hurts! I was hoping the NCAA would come through for us this year and ban the PK position. Posted on 8/9/17 at 12:43 pm to tider04
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Scott can handle it and probably do about as well as Griff did during his career.
Griff made 69.5% of his kicks in his Alabama carreer.
He made 72% of his kicks as a junior and 75% as a senior.
"About as well as Griff" is a pretty danged high standard to meet.
Posted on 8/9/17 at 12:49 pm to tider04
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Scott can handle it and probably do about as well as Griff did during his career.
Scott's form was all wrong at A-Day. You could see how awkward and uncomfortable he was at that position. I don't know that there is a quick fix for that.
Posted on 8/9/17 at 1:05 pm to Eli Goldfinger
New kid had two blocked at practice yesterday. Paps kicks are higher but not as much leg. So i dunno at this point.
Posted on 8/9/17 at 1:21 pm to Bamadoc
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Damn you eddy pineiro!
He somehow would have been a shitshow at Alabama. It's science.
Posted on 8/9/17 at 1:25 pm to CrimsonBoz
Wow,how can Bama not get a good kicker.
Time for open tryouts, someone at UA has to be able to kick field goals.
Time for open tryouts, someone at UA has to be able to kick field goals.
Posted on 8/9/17 at 2:20 pm to remaster916
Kickers as we have seen are so hit or miss. I wish we could get a steel nuts nail driver.
Posted on 8/9/17 at 2:57 pm to CrimsonBoz
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New kid had two blocked at practice yesterday. Paps kicks are higher but not as much leg. So i dunno at this point.
That is not good news. I'm guessing Paps for extra points and Scott for FG's. How can we not sign a decent college kicker? It's really mind boggling at this point.
Posted on 8/9/17 at 3:01 pm to remaster916
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for real man. surely someone on the damned soccer team (rec or not) has a cannon of a leg and has kicked before.
kickers are like closers in baseball though. if you can build confidence (and mental toughness) and the talent is there, they're great. if you can't build confidence, all the talent in the world doesn't matter.
Posted on 8/9/17 at 3:03 pm to Eli Goldfinger
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I don't know much about what's going on with the placekicking, but it seems like it's probably not good.
Can anyone fill me in?
I have several analogies that come to mind.
"Couldn't hit a bull in the arse with a bass fiddle"
"Couldn't hit the broad side of a barn"
"Couldn't hit water if you fell out of a boat"
"Couldn't kick a dime in an elephant's arse"
This post was edited on 8/9/17 at 3:04 pm
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